The United States condemns the conference on the Holocaust convoked by
the Iranian regime on Monday in Tehran. While people around the world
mark International Human Rights Week and renew the solemn pledges of the
Universal Declaration on Human Rights, which was drafted in the wake of
the atrocities of World War II, the Iranian regime perversely seeks to
call the historical fact of those atrocities into question and provide a
platform for hatred. The gathering of Holocaust deniers in Tehran is an
affront to the entire civilized world, as well as to the traditional
Iranian values of tolerance and mutual respect. The United States will
continue to support those in Iran and elsewhere who seek to promote
human rights and dignity, and will stand with them in their efforts to
overcome oppression, injustice, and tyranny.